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Inside: A perforated corporate veil; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/20/karioca-konzernrecht/
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A perforated corporate veil: The Brazilian method for curbing corporate power.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116103538476680429
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Hey look at this
* Rep. Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The TX Legislature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ7Pz_59A
* What Airlines Don't Want You to Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlNBdUDeoT4
* Ada Palmer on Inventing the Renaissance: How Golden and Dark Ages Are Constructed https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer-inventing-the-renaissance/
* Humble Bundle: Pratchett's Discworld https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-encore-2026-books
* Report Helps Journalists Dig Deeper Into Police Surveillance Technology https://www.eff.org/press/releases/new-report-helps-journalists-dig-deeper-police-surveillance-technology
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@pluralistic Sadly the Discworld deal is infected by DRM and locked into Kobo - unlike the normal DRM-free bundles :(
#15yrsago XKCD’s productivity tip: reboot your computer every time you get bored https://blog.xkcd.com/2011/02/18/distraction-affliction-correction-extensio/
#10yrsago Infographic: what’s the TPP, what’s wrong with it, how’d we get here, and what do we do now? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/02/new-infographic-tpp-and-your-digital-rights
#10yrsago Hacker suspected in Anon raid on Boston hospital rescued at sea by Disney cruise ship, then arrested https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-hacker-arrested-after-rescue-sea-during-disney-cruise-n520131
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#10yrsago Tipping screws poor people, women, brown people, restaurateurs, local economies and…you https://web.archive.org/web/20160220234308/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/
#10yrsago Clay Shirky: social media turned Dems, GOP into host organisms for third party candidates https://web.archive.org/web/20160219231315/https://storify.com/cshirky/republican-and-democratic-parties-are-now-host-bod
#10yrsago Leaked memos suggest Volkswagen’s CEO knew about diesel cheating in 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/business/volkswagen-memos-suggest-emissions-problem-was-known-earlier.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0
#10yrsago “Citizens” who speak at town meetings are hired, scripted actors https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/concerned-citizens-turn-out-to-be-political-theater/2021439/
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#10yrsago Women in Zika-affected countries beg online for abortion pills https://ticotimes.net/2016/02/18/with-abortion-banned-in-zika-countries-women-beg-on-web-for-abortion-pills
#10yrsago Health insurance must pay for exoskeletons https://web.archive.org/web/20160217093325/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/robotic-exoskeleton-rewalk-will-be-covered-by-health-insurance
#5yrsago Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#unter
#5yrsago How Republicans froze Texas solid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#mess-with-texas
#5yrsago Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#capitol-riots
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#10yrsago Women in Zika-affected countries beg online for abortion pills https://ticotimes.net/2016/02/18/with-abortion-banned-in-zika-countries-women-beg-on-web-for-abortion-pills
#10yrsago Health insurance must pay for exoskeletons https://web.archive.org/web/20160217093325/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/robotic-exoskeleton-rewalk-will-be-covered-by-health-insurance
#5yrsago Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#unter
#5yrsago How Republicans froze Texas solid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#mess-with-texas
#5yrsago Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#capitol-riots
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#5yrsago My talks with Edward Snowden and William Gibson https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#gibson-snowden
#5yrsago Pluralistic is five https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/#jeffty
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Yesterday's threads: Six years of Pluralistic; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116097878551453600
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https://x.com/doctorow/status/2024500884009595307
My latest novel is "Picks and Shovels," a historical technothriller set in the Weird Era of the PC, about Ponzi schemes, techbros, and the dawn of enshittification:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865908/picksandshovels
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Montreal (remote): Fedimtl, Feb 24
https://fedimtl.ca/
* #Oslo (remote): Seminar og lansering av rapport om «enshittification»
https://www.forbrukerradet.no/siste-nytt/digital/seminar-og-lansering-av-rapport-om-enshittification/
* #Victoria: 28th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit, Mar 3-5
https://www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2026/
* #Victoria: Enshittification at Russell Books, Mar 4
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-is-coming-to-victoria-tickets-1982091125914
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #SanFrancisco: Launch for Cindy Cohn's "Privacy's Defender" (City Lights), Mar 10
https://citylights.com/events/cindy-cohn-launch-party-for-privacys-defender/
* #Barcelona: Enshittification with Simona Levi/Xnet (Llibreria Finestres), Mar 20
https://www.llibreriafinestres.com/evento/cory-doctorow/
* #Berkeley: Bioneers keynote, Mar 27
https://conference.bioneers.org/
* #Berlin: Re:publica, May 18-20
https://re-publica.com/de/news/rp26-sprecher-cory-doctorow
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Berlin: Enshittification at Otherland Books, May 19
https://www.otherland-berlin.de/de/event-details/cory-doctorow.html
* #HayOnWye: HowTheLightGetsIn, May 22-25
https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/big-ideas-2
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#10yrsago Women in Zika-affected countries beg online for abortion pills https://ticotimes.net/2016/02/18/with-abortion-banned-in-zika-countries-women-beg-on-web-for-abortion-pills
#10yrsago Health insurance must pay for exoskeletons https://web.archive.org/web/20160217093325/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/robotic-exoskeleton-rewalk-will-be-covered-by-health-insurance
#5yrsago Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#unter
#5yrsago How Republicans froze Texas solid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#mess-with-texas
#5yrsago Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#capitol-riots
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#10yrsago Women in Zika-affected countries beg online for abortion pills https://ticotimes.net/2016/02/18/with-abortion-banned-in-zika-countries-women-beg-on-web-for-abortion-pills
#10yrsago Health insurance must pay for exoskeletons https://web.archive.org/web/20160217093325/https://motherboard.vice.com/read/robotic-exoskeleton-rewalk-will-be-covered-by-health-insurance
#5yrsago Uber loses court battle, steals wages, censors whistleblower https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#unter
#5yrsago How Republicans froze Texas solid https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#mess-with-texas
#5yrsago Complicity, incompetence, leadership and Capitol Police https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/19/texas-lysenko/#capitol-riots
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#10yrsago Tipping screws poor people, women, brown people, restaurateurs, local economies and…you https://web.archive.org/web/20160220234308/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/
#10yrsago Clay Shirky: social media turned Dems, GOP into host organisms for third party candidates https://web.archive.org/web/20160219231315/https://storify.com/cshirky/republican-and-democratic-parties-are-now-host-bod
#10yrsago Leaked memos suggest Volkswagen’s CEO knew about diesel cheating in 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/business/volkswagen-memos-suggest-emissions-problem-was-known-earlier.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0
#10yrsago “Citizens” who speak at town meetings are hired, scripted actors https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/concerned-citizens-turn-out-to-be-political-theater/2021439/
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